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b. 1958 Bronx, New York

Lives and works in New York City

 

 

Education

 

1980 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY 

 

 

Solo Exhibitions
 

2023

Uncertainty Takes a Holiday, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

 

2020

Neon Bog, Derek Eller Gallery, NY (project room)

Landing on Fractions, Derek Eller Gallery, NY (online viewing room)
 

2019

Structural Mercury, proposed by Seungduk Kim & Franck Gautherot, galerie frank elbaz, Paris

35 Drawings, Curated by Le Consortium, Académie Conti, Vosne-Romanée, France

 

2018

Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Toasted with Everything, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

 

2017

Novelty Mapping Picnic, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

 

2016

Pre-Linguistic Granola, Half Gallery, New York, NY

 

2015

Evidence of Everything, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

Mile High Psychiatry, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

 

2014 

Konstructshuns!, Half Gallery, New York, NY

 

2010 

Who Wants to Know?, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

 

2009 

Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery, New Britain, CT

 

2008 

Edge Dwelling, University Art Museum, SUNY Albany, NY

Chaoticus, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

 

2007 

Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2005 

David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

Codex Maximus, Mario Diacono, Boston, MA

 

2003 

Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2002 

Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

 

2001 

Baumgartner Gallery, New York, NY

 

2000 

Galerie Rolf Ricke, Köln, Germany

Baumgartner Gallery, New York, NY

 

1998 

Marella Arte Contemporanea, Sarnico, Italy

 

1997 

Reali Arte Contemporanea, Brescia, Italy

 

1995 

Marella Arte Contemporanea, Sarnico, Italy 

Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, NY

 

1993 

Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland

Galerie Jürgen Becker, Hamburg, Germany

Galerie Rolf Ricke, Köln, Germany

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY

Martina Detterer Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

 

1991 

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY

Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris

Le Consortium, Dijon, France 

 

1990 

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY

 

1989 

Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY

 

1988 

Cable Gallery, New York, NY

T’Venster, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

1987 

Cable Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2024

Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

 

2023

Some Kind of Monster Roster, Analog Diary, Beacon, NY

 

2019

Wars, David Nolan Gallery, New York City, NY

Downtown Painting, Presented by Alex Katz, Peter Freeman Inc, New York City, NY

New York: The 1980s; Part I, Le Consortium, Dijon, France

Samaritans, curated by Dan Nadel, Eva Presenhuner, New York City, NY 

 

2018

New York: The 1980s; Part 1, Consortium Museum, Dijon, France

40 ans de passion: Collection David H. Brolliet, Geneva, Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis, France

Chhunks: Matthew Barney, Steve DiBenedetto, John Miller, The National Exemplar, New York, NY

 

2017

Liver Loner, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX

Supreme Friction, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

CarlJackieSteveMichelle, Helena Anrather Gallery, New York, NY

2016

George Grosz: Politics and His Influence, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

Karmic, Life on Mars Gallery, New York, NY

drawing ROOM, curated by Markus Donchantischi, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

 

2015

The Guston Effect, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA

Invitaitonal Exhibition of Visual ArtsThe American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

Ceremonial Exhibition, The American Academy ofo Arts and Letters, New York, NY

From Now On In, Brian Morris Gallery and Buddy Warren, Inc., New York, NY 

Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of Drawings Acquisitions, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY

 

2014

TOSSED, Organized by Jennifer Coates and Rachel Schmidhofer, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, New York, NY

Ellen Berkenblit, Steve Dibenedetto, Philip Hanson, Barry Le Va, Albert Oehlen, Alexander Ross, Rebecca Shore, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

This One's Optimistic: Pincushion, Curated by Cary Smith, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Haven, CT

If You're Accidentally Not Included, Don't Worry About It, curated by Peter Saul, Zürcher Studio, New York, NY

 

2013

About UFOs, curated by Eneas Capalbo, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

Steve DiBenedetto & Terry Winters, The National Exemplar, New York, NY

Dollars & Sense: Steve DiBenedetto, Lucas Reiner, Amy Yoes, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Terra Incognita: Unknown Landscapes, The A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC

Swing State, curated by Jane Kim, 119 Hester Street, New York, NY

 

2012 

Rockslide Sky, Center Gallery at Fordham University, New York, NY

The Beatles, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

 

2011 

Situation New York, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland 

Sick!, Misc., New York, NY

 

2010 

Inquiring Eyes: Greensboro Collects Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

Summer Group Show, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

Painting and Sculpture: Foundation for Contemporary Arts Benefit Exhibition, Lehmann Maupin, New York, NY

Wall-to-Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Townie, curated by Carl D’Alvia and Michael Foley, Foley Gallery, New York, NY

 

2009 

Morphological Mutiny, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

Jr. and Sons, curated by Joe Bradley, Zach Feuer, New York, NY

Just what is it that makes today's painting so different, so appealing?, Gering & Lopez, New York, NY

Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste, MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, France

Slough, curated by Steve DiBenedetto, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

Champagne & Baloney, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY

Palms, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Morphological Mutiny, Nolan Judin, Berlin, Germany; traveled to David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

Form and Story: Narration in Recent Painting, University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA

 

2008 

Jekyll Island, curated by Max Henry and Erik Parker, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA

Friends and Family, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY

Disarming Matter, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, NY

It’s Gouache & Gouache Only, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY

 

2007 

Mr. President, University Art Museum, SUNY Albany, New York, CA

Block Party Part II, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Neointegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Summer Group Show, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

 

2006 

Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Hybridity/Ambivalence, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY

Nightmares of Summer, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY 

Parallel Visions II: Outsider and Insider Art Today, Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY

Hot Pics/06, The Katonah Museum of Art, New York, NY

Twice Drawn, curated by Ian Berry and Jack Shear, Skidmore College, New York, NY 

Ele-mental, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY

 

2005 

Remote Viewing, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Curvaceous, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY

The Hills Have Eyes, curated by Gene Moreno, Ingalls and Associates, Miami, FL

Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2004 

Beat the Reaper!, curated by Joe Bradley, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA

Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, curated by Bob Nickas and Steve Lafreniere, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

Earthly Delights, MassArt, Boston, MA

Colored Pencil, K.S. Art, New York, NY

Drawing Out of the Void, Vestry Arts, New York, NY (catalogue)

Endless Love, D.C. Moore Gallery, New York, NY

 

2003 

Invitational, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

Giverny, Salon 94, New York, NY

Ballpoint Inklings, K.S. Art, New York, NY

The New Topography, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Unforeseen, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR

Invitational Exhibition, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

20th Year Anniversary Show, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY

Drawings, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

 

2002 

Steve DiBenedetto, Spencer Sweeney, Joe Zucker, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY

Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

On Paper, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Einfach Kunst, Sammlung Rolf Ricke, Neuen Museum, Nurnberg, Germany

Transcendent & Unrepentant, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

 

2001 

Best of Season, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

Desire, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim, Germany

 

2000 

Painting Zero Degree, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

 

1999 

Post-Hypnotic, University Galleries, Normal, IL

Kill All Lies, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY

Etre Different, Gallery Demarez, Giverny, France

LOAF, curated by Steve DiBenedetto, Baumgartner Gallery, New York, NY

Another Country, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY

 

1998 

Le Consortium Collection, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Paper View, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

Tableaux aux murs, œuvres de la collection du Consortium – FRAC, Bourgogne, France

 

1997 

In-form, Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY

Gnarleyland, Feature, New York, NY

 

1996 

Works on Paper, Angela Lange, New York, NY

 

1995 

Sieben New Yorker Maler, Kunstverein Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

Altered States, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO

Now Is the Time, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY 

Pittura/Immedia, Graz, Austria

 

1994 

Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland 

Art & Public Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland 

Disfunction USA, Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA

 

1993 

Sailing to Byzantium, with Disenchantment, Sergio Tossi Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy

Gambit, Leo Camin Gallery, Toronto, Canada 

Moving, Foundation de Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

Acquisitions Recente, FRAC Nord-Pas-De-Calais, Lille, France

What’s Wrong With This Picture, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY

Cartographies Imaginaires, Musee d’Art Moderne, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France 

Nachtschattengewaschse-The Nightshade Family, Museum Friedericianum, Kassel, Germany

Líastrazione Ridefinita, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, San Marino, Italy

Live in Your Head, Heilegenkreuzerhof, Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Wein, Vienna, Austria

 

1992 

The Other Side, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY

Slow Art, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

Kinder! Macht Neues!, Galerie Rolf Ricke, Köln, Germany

1968, Le Consortium, Dijon, France

 

1991 

Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY

Le Consortium Collection, Château Doiron, Dijon, France

The Painted Desert, Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris, France 

 

1990

Red, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium 

Gambler, curated by Damien Hirst, Carl Freedman and Billie Sellman, Building One, London, England

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY

 

1989 

A Climate of Site, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Drawings, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY

Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York, NY

Une Autre Affaire, Le Consortium, Dijon, France

Chaos, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

DiBenedetto, McCaslin, Mosset, Noland, Parrino, Staehle, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, NY

 

1988 

Primary Structures, Gilbert Brownstone & Co., Paris, France 

Mutations, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY

Galerie Pierre Huber, Genevam Switzerland 

A Drawing Show, Cable Gallery, New York, NY

Dernière Station Avant l’Autoroute, Le Consortium, Dijon, France

Works Concepts Processes Situations Information, Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany

Art Against AIDS, Cable Gallery, New York, NY

 

1987

John Good Gallery, New York, NY

The Art of the Real, Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland 

Infotainment, Selby Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Galerie Montenay, Paris, France 

 

1986 

Modern Longings, The Kitchen, New York, NY

Nature Morte Gallery, New York, NY

 

1984 

Semi(op)topics, International With Monument, New York, NY

 

 

Awards

 

1999 

Residency at Fondation Claude Monet, Giverny

 

2002 

Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award

 

2003 

Rosenthal Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters

Guggenheim Fellowship Award

 

 

Public Collections 

 

The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York